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Mal Evans on the set of "Help!" in 1965 (Used with permission of the Malcolm Frederick Evans Archives)

The role Beatles roadie was born to play

Kenneth Womack
Tom Cruise on the set of "Top Gun," directed by Tony Scott (Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

The lost meaning of "Top Gun"

Jesse Pennington
Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park in New York mid-1900s. The obelisk was originally erected by Tuthmosis III during his reign in Eqypt between 1504 and 1450 BC, later moved to Alexandria, and finally arrived in New York as a gift of the Eqyptian government in 1880. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

11 time capsules waiting to be opened

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark and Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Sophie Turner expecting "GoT" trauma

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Natalie Wood's case gets colder

Kelly McClure
Kit Connor and Joe Locke in "Heartstopper" (Netflix)

Tweens need more than "Heartstopper"

Alison Stine
Nikesh Patel and Rose Matafeo in "Starstruck" (HBO Max)

9 TV shows centering South Asian desire

Joy Saha
Finn Wolfhard as Mike WHeeler, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in "Stranger Things" (Courtesy of Netflix)

The frustrations of "Stranger Things"

Davida G. Breier
Kaley Cuoco as Cassie and Griffin Matthews as Shane in "The Flight Attendant" (Jennifer Rose Clasen/HBO Max)

"Flight Attendant" finale: Dapper death

Kelly McClure
Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Sharp, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Will Sharp and Eiza González as Cam Thompson in "Ambulance" (Andrew Cooper/Universal Pictures)

New movies to stream this long weekend

Alison Stine
Amber Heard arrives at the Fairfax County Courthouse on May 25, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

On court television, misogyny pays off

Elise Gubitosi
Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

As "Ellen" ends, she can say gay now

Melanie McFarland
"Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" (Jagged Edge Productions)

Oh, bother. What have they done to Pooh?

Kelly McClure
"Butterfly Vision" (Wild Bunch)

Making a Ukraine war film during wartime

Gary M. Kramer
Bethenny Frankel attends the Creative Coalition's 2019 Television Humanitarian Awards Gala at Ocean Prime on September 21, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Building trust the Bethenny Frankel way

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kevin Spacey at the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards (Frazer Harrison/BAFTA LA/Getty Images for BAFTA LA)

Kevin Spacey charged with sexual assault

Joy Saha
Ray Liotta at the 22nd Annual Newport Beach Film Festival at The Balboa Bay Club And Resort on October 24, 2021 in Newport Beach, California (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

"Goodfellas" star Ray Liotta dies at 67

Alison Stine
Kristin Chenoweth in "Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders" (ABC News/Hulu)

5 shocking "Girl Scout Murders" moments

Joy Saha
Josh Duggar speaks during the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on February 28, 2015 in National Harbor, Maryland (Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Josh Duggar sentenced for child porn

Kelly McClure
Boy with a teal backpack looking at the sunset (PHOTO MIO JAPAN/Getty)

Training kids to attack school shooters

Alison Stine
Kelley Wolf in "The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans" (Akasha Rabut/Paramount+©MTV ENTERTAINMENT 2022, All Rights Reserved.)

Real World NOLA: Outer darkness

Kelly McClure
UT Minister of Culture Matthew McConaughey attends the ribbon cutting ceremony for University of Texas's Moody Center on April 19, 2022 in Austin, Texas (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

McConaughey calls for action post-Uvalde

Joy Saha
Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate and Sterling K. Brown as Randall on "This Is Us" ( Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

After "This Is Us" who can we cry with?

Melanie McFarland
2018 Netflix comedy special "Ricky Gervais: Humanity" (Ray Burmiston/Netflix)

Gervais' TERFy tirade disguised as jokes

Joy Saha
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